SCOUTS in Wistaston are appealing for people to help them make this year's Remembrance Day Poppy display.

For the past two years Wistaston Scout Group has put on show an impressive 24ft-long poppy cascade, first in 2019 outside their centre, and last year at Wistaston Memorial Hall.

The impressive installation was made of dozens of plastic bottle ends painted red to resemble poppies, attached to steel wire mesh.

This year (November 2021), the Scout Group has an even more ambitious display planned at a yet to be announced location in Wistaston and they are calling for help from the public.

They want people to cut off the bases of any plastic bottles used over the coming months and place them in a collection point on the Wistaston Memorial Hall car park.

The bottle ends will be painted red, so any colour is suitable they say, but where possible, they would like people to just deposit the bottle ends.

Remembrance Sunday Services commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.

This year also includes the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour that triggered the entry of the United States into World War II.

Wistaston Scout Group (35th South West Cheshire) Leader John Bennett said: "Following the success of the last two displays we are looking to create something bigger for 2021. We will be very grateful for any bottle ends that the people of Wistaston can donate."

Wistaston Scout Group started in 1958 and currently has 130 young people and 30 leaders and helpers. Its headquarters are off Elm Close, for further information please visit.